Under the Microscope:Science Resources in GALILEO and the National Science Digital Library.

Modified from a Galileo presentation, June 2009

What is GALILEO

• Georgia’s Statewide Virtual Library provided by the state to K12

• Full of licensed content such as Encyclopedia Britannica, EBSCO, and SIRS products

• Unique educational content from reputable sources like the National Science Digital Library (NSDL)

http://www.galileo.usg.edu

What is NSDL• Established by the National Science Foundation (NSF)

in 2000 as an online library providing access for users to exemplary resources for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education and research.

• Provides an organized point of access to high-quality STEM content that is aggregated from a variety of other digital libraries, NSF-funded projects, and NSDL-reviewed web sites.

• Provides access to services and tools that enhance the use of this content in a variety of contexts. NSDL is designed primarily for K-16 educators.

• Access to most of the resources discovered through NSDL is free; however, some content providers may require a login, or a nominal fee or subscription to retrieve their specific resources.

http://nsdl.org

Georgia Performance Standards

• Include both skills and topics that can be addressed with content in GALILEO

• Many GALILEO resources include educator resources, including links to content via the GPS curriculum, activities, and other materials. Lexile rankings.

• GALILEO works with the DOE to increase the integration of GALILEO content into the GPS portal, MyGaDOE

http://georgiastandards.org

Specific Databases for Science

• SIRS• Encyclopedia Britannica• National Science Digital Library• MAS Ultra• Science and Technology Collection• Biology: The Skeletons Project

Specific Databases for Science

• Chemistry: ChemEd Digital Library• Consumer Health Complete• Health Source, Nursing• Medline Plus• Periodic Table Live• Virtual Chemistry Lab

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Examples of GPS Standards & GALILEO/NSDL (National

Science Digital Library)• Examples of materials in GALILEO for particular

GPS standards for science– images– activities– maps – interactive materials– encyclopedia articles – articles from magazines, newspapers, and

journals – books and pamphlets – reviewed websites– charts and graphs

Find Resources in NSDL

• Database: NSDL– Click: Resources for K-12 Teachers– Click: Pathways– Click: Teacher’s Domain– Click: Earth and Space Science– Click: Changes in the Earth and Sky– Click: Our Super Star (Lesson Plan)

Find Resources in NSDL

• Database: NSDL– Select: Resources for K12 Teachers– Select: Middle School Science and Mathematics

Resources– Select: Science Pathway– Search: Science Pathway: Electricity– Select: Electrical Generation

Need a refresher?

• Database: NSDL– Select: Resources for K12 Teacher– Select: K-6 Science Refreshers– Select: Physical Science– Select: Energy– Select: Electricity

Find Resources in GALILEO

• Database: Consumer Health Complete– Select: Encyclopedias and Reference Books– Search: Cells– Select: Reference Books Tab– View: Chapter 2, Cells the Inside Story

• Database: MAS Ultra– Search: Organs – View: Growing New Organs

High School• SEV2. Students will demonstrate an understanding

that the Earth is one interconnected system. – a. Describe how the abiotic components (water, air,

and energy) affect the biosphere. – b. Recognize and give examples of the hierarchy of

the biological entities of the biosphere (organisms, populations, communities, ecosystems, and biosphere).

– c. Characterize the components that define a Biome. Abiotic Factors – to include precipitation, temperature and soils. Biotic Factors – plant and animal adaptations that create success in that biome.

– d. Characterize the components that define fresh-water and marine systems. Abiotic Factors – to include light, dissolved oxygen, phosphorus, nitrogen, pH and substrate. Biotic Factors – plant and animal adaptations characteristic to that system.

Find Resources in GALILEO

• Interface: GALILEO High School– Select: Browse by Subject> Science and

Math>Environment – Search: Biomes– Peruse: results from different resources

How do the results differ?

Find Resources in NSDL(access to some resources requires

setting up a free account)

• Database: NSDL– Select: K-12 under “Search”– Select: Grades 9-12– Search: abiotic– Select: Abiotic and Biotic Factors of Habitats

• Database: NSDL– Select: K-12 under “Search”– Select: Grades 9-12– Search: biomes– Select: The Worlds Biomes (located under

“relevant results” in the right column.)

High School

• SC4. Students will use the organization of the Periodic Table to predict properties of elements. – a. Use the Periodic Table to predict periodic trends

including atomic radii, ionic radii, ionization energy, and electronegativity of various elements.

– b. Compare and contrast trends in the chemical and physical properties of elements and their placement

on the Periodic Table.

Find Resources in GALILEO

• Interface: GALILEO High School– Select: Browse by Subject> Science and

Math>Physical Science– Select: Articles and Databases– Select: Encyclopaedia Britannica High School– Search: Chemical Bonding– Table of Contents: Periodic Arrangement and

Trends> Arrangement of the Elements– Back: EBO HS Homepage– Select: Learning Materials– Select: Science– View: Chemistry Interactive Lessons

Find Resources in NSDL • Interface: GALILEO High School

– Select: Browse by Subject> Science and Math>Physical Science

– Select: Articles and Databases– Select: Periodic Table Live!– Browse various elements through the table noting

the general description and the physical and atomic structures.

Take Away

• GALILEO is provided by the State of Georgia to K12 at no cost to the school

• Access from school is seamless because GALILEO knows your school network

• Students and teachers can access GALILEO from home with a password (ask your media specialist)

• Amazing resources are available for every age group for Science GPS

• Better than the Internet alone!

www.galileo.usg.edu

Thank You!

www.galileo.usg.edu